Legging.



L. PFOUTS;

LEGGING. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24, 1911.

Patented 00:. 3,1911.

Witnesses LEANDER PFOUTS, OF BEACH CITY, OHIO.

LEGGING.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LEANDER ProU'rs, acitizen of the United States, residing at Beach City, in the county ofStark and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Leggings, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to leggings made of canvas, leather or othercomparatively soft and pliable material, stiffened with a strip of metalinserted along the overlapping edges of the legging; and the object ofthe improvement is to provide a shield on the lower end of the inneredge of the legging to prevent the pressure from the lower end of thestiffening strip from injuring or abrading the foot or shoe of thewearer. In leggings of this character, the stiffening strip is usuallyextended to or near the loweredge of the legging, and, although thestrip may be and usually is incased within the canvas, leather or othersimilar material of which the legging is made; nevertheless the pressureof the canvas by the lower end of the stiffening strip against the footor shoe of the wearer, assisted by the rubbing of the parts by thewalking or riding of the wearer, serves to injure or abrade the foot orshoe at this particular point of contact. This difliculty is avoided byproviding a shield of metal or other hard material on the inner side ofthe legging at the point in question, thus protecting the foot or shoeof the wearer from the objectionable pressure and rubbing caused by thelower end of the stiffening strip. This general object of theimprovement, together with the particular features of construction ofthe shield, is attained by the preferred embodiment of the inventionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, forming part hereof, in whichFigure l is a perspective view of a legging, showing the shield appliedthereto; Fig. 2, a fragmentary perspective view of the legging, showingthe contact portion of the shield applied thereto; Fig. 3, a fragmentarysect-ion, showing the arrangement of the parts with the shield in place;and Fig. 4, a detached perspective view of the shield.

Similar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawing.

The legging 1, being made of cloth, canvas, leather or other suitablematerial, is provided with the stiffening strips 2 which are inserted inand along the edges of the leg Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 24, 1911.

Patented Oct. 3, 1911.

Serial No. 616,735.

ging which overlap along the side of the leg when the legging is worn,and the legging is usually fastened by means of the loops 3 secured oneabove and the other below on the outer side of the inner edge, and thelocking tongues 4 secured on the inner side of the outer edge, andadapted to be inserted in the loops by .a fieXure of the outer edge andthe inserted strip.

The shield 5 is made of a strip of sheet metal, preferably somewhatwider than the stiffening strip, and is bent in the form of a flattenedU fitting over the outer and inner sides and around the lower edge ofthe legging to embrace the lower end portionof the stiffened inner edge,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. For the purpose of securing the shield to thelegging, the outer plate 6 of the shield is preferably provided with theupwardly extending tongue 7, which is adapted to enter and engage insidethe lower loop 3, and this tongue may be slightly deflected outward asshown more particularly in Fig. 4, so that the locking tongue 4: willenter the loop behind the shield tongue.

The inner plate 8 of the shield, which c011- sti'tutes the contact orprotecting portion thereof, is preferably extended upward some distancebeyond the end of the other tongue and is provided at its upward endwith the lateral tangs 9 which are adapted to be bent outward andinserted through the material of the legging on each side of thestifiening strip and then clamped inward to secure the shield inposition, as shown at 9 in Fig. 1. The inner plate of the shield isextended laterally and longitudinally to completely cover the inner sideof the legging opposite to and overlapping in all directions the lowerend of the stiffening strip, and it is evident that the large extent ofthe plate and its smooth hard surface serves to distribute the rubbingcontact of the legging at this point, caused by the pressure on thelower end of the stiffening strip, as to avoid any injurious orundesirable friction therefrom. Furthermore, the outer plate of theshield and the bend around the lower edge of the logging serves toprotect the inclosed portion of the legging from the wear of use.

It will be understood that it is not intended to limit the scope of theinvention to the particular form or fastening of the shield set forthherein, but the same have been preferred for convenience in applying andsecuring the shield to the legging. And furthermore, the inner plate ofthe shield is preferably laterally convexed to present a rounded face tothe foot or shoe of the wearer.

I claim:

1. A metal shield for a legging having a stifiening strip in its edgeand a fastening loop 011 its outer side, composed of a strip bentU-shaped to form an outer and inner plate, the outer plate having atongue thereon adapted to engage in the loop, and the inner plate havinglateral tangs on its upper end adapted to be inserted and clampedthrough the legging around the edges of the stiffening strip.

2. A legging having a stiffening strip in 1ts edge, and a U-shaped metalshield secured on the outer and inner sides of the legging opposite toand overlapping in all directions the lower end of the stiffening strip.

3. A legging having a stiffening strip in its edge, and a metal shieldsecured on the inner side of the legging opposite to and overlapping inall directions the lower end of the stiffening strip.

LEANDER PFOUTS.

\Vitnesses O. C. VEIMER, DAVID BOSE.

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